Big 10 is trying too hard

[briankaldenberg]

This "Leaders" branding is a serious inferiority complex, and ESPN is going to make it into a huge joke... which in reality it is. I'm trying to figure out what we "Lead"....

Big 10 Football:

• 1 BCS Championship
• 3 BCS Championship appearances
• Ohio State only representative

SEC Football:

• 6 BCS Championships
• 4 Straight BCS Championships
• 5 Straight BCS Championship appearances
• 7 BCS Championship appearances
• 5 different representatives (Florida, LSU, Alabama, Tennessee, Auburn)

Big 12 Football

• 2 BCS Championships
• 7 BCS Championship appearances
• 3 different BCS representatives (Oklahoma, Texas, Nebraska)

Source: BCS National Championship Game - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


Big 10 Basketball

• 1 National Champions in the last 20 years

ACC Basketball

• 8 National Champions in last 20 years

SEC Basketball

• 5 National Champions in last 20 years

Big East Basketball

• 3 National Champions in last 20 years

Pac 10 Basketball

• 2 National Champions in last 20 years

Source: List of NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Champions - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[HawkForce]

our conference leads in producing people that do something productive with their lives?? idk

 

[ajbrand33]

our conference leads in producing people that do something productive with their lives?? idk

over three threads consisting of gross over-reactions on this topic suggests otherwise

 

[briankaldenberg]

Maybe out of all major conferences, but I don't think that's what the Big 10 is meaning by "Leaders".

 

[PlanoHawk]

Has anything deeper come out as to why these names have been chosen? I admit that I haven't really looked that hard- but assume there has to be some lengthy rationale and discovery phase that took place as to why they are called what they are.

 

[DwayneTwill]

Maybe out of all major conferences, but I don't think that's what the Big 10 is meaning by "Leaders".

That's exactly what they mean. There was a long video explaining it.

 

[ThunderHawk]

ESPN pretends that $Cam Newton is an anomaly. ESPN treats sports like it's vital news.

ESPN, in other words, is a joke.